Practices for Growing Up Mindful

Guided Meditations and Simple Exercises for Children, Teens, and Families

By: Christopher Willard PsyD

Narrated by: Christopher Willard PsyD

We do our best when we feel relaxed, capable, and confident. Teenagers and children are no different. Practices for Growing Up Mindful offers parents, educators, counselors, and caregivers a wealth of exercises and meditations to empower our kids to handle the stress and complexity of modern life in wise and healthy ways.

With this audio companion to his book Growing Up Mindful, Dr. Christopher Willard brings you the tools he has found the most effective in his work with children and teens and as a leader in training educators, therapists, and other professionals. Organized to address the three core building blocks of mindfulness, here are 38 practices including:


• Guided visualizations that tap the power of the imagination to strengthen our ability to pay attention on purpose

• Body-based practices to cultivate present moment contact

• Self-compassion practices for acceptance and non-judgment

• Portable short practices to instill mindful moments into your day

“Mindfulness practice encourages us to slow down, stop the rush, be instead of do, and experience instead of just think,” teaches Dr. Willard. Practices for Growing Up Mindful is your entryway to sharing the life-changing art of mindfulness.

Great compilation of mindful exercises for kids and adults alike

I have this a straight through listen and somewhat practice to familiarize myself with all the contents. There were numerous going through that I felt were suitable to do with my school age daughter and am excited to try. The content and narration are both good quality and I'm happy with my purchase. The chapters are not labeled though (to my knowledge) which will make it hard to quickly turn to certain exercises, but perhaps I will find a way to overcome this. It could also make a great app - I would buy that as well!